Tag: Arlene Davila

  • #BlackLivesMatter in Latin America: Race, Space and Consciousness New York University Department of Social & Cultural Analysis 20 Cooper Square New York, New York 10003 Monday, 2016-04-18 18:30-20:00 EDT (Local Time) The hashtag turned social movement, #blacklivesmatter, has thrust police brutality and institutionalized racism into the American consciousness. African descendants in Latin America are concurrently…

  • ‘Mejorar la Raza’: An Example of Racism in Latino Culture Latino Voices Huffington Post 2015-06-15 Maria Alejandra Casale-Hardin University of California, Hastings, Law Class of 2018 Samuel Lange Zambrano portraying a 9-year-old Venezuelan boy obsessed with straightening his hair in the 2013 film Pelo Malo. ‘Mejorar la raza’ is a common phrase used in Latin…

  • Negra & Beautiful: The Unique Challenges Faced By Afro-Latinas Latina 2011-11-29 Damarys Ocaña, Freelance Journalist The frustrating ironies of being Afro-Latina hit Yuly Marshall with stunning regularity: At work at a Miami hospital, Hispanic patients of the Cuban-born radiology technician usually assume she’s African American, asking her, “Where did you learn to speak Spanish like…